Books in series
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Tarnished Saints' Christmas
2014
Librarian's Notes: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00NMX93BY
Series Prequel
The Taylor Twelve. Sons of a preacher but far from saints, these men are nothing but trouble.
Tarnished Saints' Christmas is an introduction to each of the twelve Taylor men when they were children. Told by the eldest son, Thomas, the author lets the reader into their lives one memorable Christmas. Each chapter is devoted to one of the brothers to show the trouble they caused in their earlier days which carries into their present lives as well, therefore giving them the title of Tarnished Saints.
The story is approximately 15,000 words followed by excerpts from some of the Tarnished Saints books.
#1
Doubting Thomas
2013
The Taylor Twelve are sons of a preacher but far from saints. Matter of fact, they are nothing but trouble.
Thomas Taylor is a single father of six boys, accused of his late second-wife’s murder. He doesn’t really remember what happened that night, because he’d drank too much. But he does know he never should have married the no-good woman hoping for a mother for his children after his first wife died, leaving him to raise them on his own.
Angel Dimitri is a social worker, come to vacation on Thunder Lake and also to make an unofficial visit to a man who the townsfolk say is an unfit father. Angel sees the rustic way in which Thomas lives and raises his children, but also sees a man who would never abuse a child but torture himself instead.
When he is about to lose his children and she feels it is her fault, she steps in to do something so crazy that she starts doubting herself instead of Doubting Thomas.
#2
Luring Levi
2013
Matthew "Levi" Taylor has been released from prison for tax evasion, turned in by his traitorous brother, Judas. After seven years behind bars he comes back to his small hometown of Sweet Water, Michigan on Thunder Lake. He has no job or money but before he knows it, the town has elected him as their new mayor.
Candace Kane is a food reviewer from Chicago and arrives on the train with her six-year-old twins in Sweet Water where she will be a guest judge at their annual fair. The last thing she expected was to find Levi Taylor, a love interest of her past as her escort. And though she knows she should tell him he's the father of her children, she is hesitant to do it for more reasons than one.
Can their passion once again be ignited, after all these years? And can Levi prove to her he can change his wild ways and pull his life back together before she leaves Sweet Water with her kids and her secret forever?
Passion and pride conflict as two people who have everything to lose as well as everything to gain by this small town romance come together in Luring Levi.
#3
Judging Judas
2014
(Book 3)
(Watch book trailer video on author's profile page or website.)
Judas Taylor has come back to his hometown of Sweet Water, Michigan as their new sheriff. However, there are some things he did not foresee, such as Delaney McDermott, his first love, showing up again after he'd left her at the altar seventeen years ago.
Delaney (Laney) McDermott, returns to the little town of Sweet Water where she lost not only her virginity but also her heart to Judas Taylor. And now, after the death of her husband, she knows she needs to find Judas and tell him the truth about her troublesome, pregnant teenage daughter.
Judas is tormented with the mistakes of his past once again when he finds out the thief he's just arrested is his daughter. Because of his past choice of turning in his own brother - Levi went to prison. And this time, his decision is even harder.
Will bygones be forgotten between Laney and Judas, or will two people who are ashamed of things they've done in the past be brought back together by an uncommon circumstance in Judging Judas?
#4
Seducing Zeb
2014
(Book 4)
Zeb Taylor does a favor for his twin brother one day pretending to be him. Now because of it, he wakes up in Vegas married to a sexy blackjack dealer and he can't remember doing it. He goes from being one of Michigan's most eligible bachelors to having a wife he doesn't know or want, a twin brother who hates him for stealing his bride, and a crazy aunt who shows up only making his life more stressful thinking she's a matchmaker.
Catalina Cordovano has made a horrible mistake. In her hurry to marry a rancher that she thinks will take her far away from her troubles and an abusive boss and ex-boyfried, she's married the man's twin brother. And to make matters worse, he is what she hates most in life - a lawyer.
Will a mix-up destroy two people who are used to getting whatever they want by using their looks and their money? Or can this farce of a marriage make them realize they are meant for each other before their annulment is finalized? (Be sure to watch the booktrailer for the Tarnished Saints Series on Elizabeth's amazon home page or her website.)
#5
Saving Simon
2014
Simon Taylor is Safety Officer of the Seduction of the Sea Cruise Ship, and saves a woman who falls overboard in a storm. Little does he know that this woman is about to show up in his hometown of Sweet Water, Michigan and make big waves.
Piper Westbrook doesn't expect to see her savior from the cruise ship when she is sent by her father to close down the marina on Thunder Lake. But when Simon shows up and she realizes the job she's been sent to do will affect not only his whole family but the entire town, a storm brews between them that only an experienced sailor would know how to ride out.
Can a man with a strong passion for sailing convince a woman who fears water to see through his eyes before it's too late, or will a whirlwind romance be blown away and washed out to sea by one wrong decision?
#6
Wrangling James
2014
Book 6
James Taylor leaves his ranch in Texas to move back to his hometown of Sweet Water, Michigan, and brings his horses along. His cowboy charm keeps him from being able to tell a woman no, and he has a hard time making decisions.
Mindy MacAllister moves to her grandfather's farm with her young daughter, surprised to see the farmhand is James, a boy she's had a crush on since childhood. All she wants to do is to settle down with James and raise a family, and when a romance blooms between them, she can't bring herself to tell him of her dark past.
When her secrets are revealed, James finds himself having to make the hardest decision of his life.
Can an indecisive cowboy and a woman with a dark past overlook each other's flaws before they're torn apart from each other's lives forever?
#7
Praising Pete
2015
Book 7
The Taylor 12: Sons of a preacher but far from saints, these men are nothing but trouble! (12 books series but can be read alone)
Pete Taylor is a non-denominational preacher who has a problem with gambling and making bets - even if he does it only for the good of the church and others. He returns from doing mission work in Peru to take over his late father's church in the small town of Sweet Water, Michigan. But before he leaves Peru, he's tempted into making a wager with a rich man that can solve all his problems by saving both his church and mission. Little does he know when he agrees to mentor the man's unruly daughter and prep her for marriage to someone else, that he'd fall in love with her himself.
Eva Manterro is happy to be coming back to the States with the preacher man who's just saved her life. She thinks she's coming with him to find a job to make money to pay back her school debts and to make her father happy. But little does she know when she starts to fall in love with the preacher, he is keeping secrets from her that threaten the wonderful relationship developing between them.
Will the small town of Sweet Water that seems to be Heaven, really turn into Hell for both of them before this is all over?
#8
Teaching Philip
2015
Book 8
Philip Taylor is the principal of Sweet Water High, and has decided to look for a bride in order to claim his inheritance before it's too late. However, he has set the bar high, and decides to experiment with an anonymous online dating site in order to screen the women to see if they'd be compatible first. He finds a woman he really likes, but neither of them know each other's identity. And before he can pursue this relationship, a woman blows into town stealing not only his job but also his name.
Taylor Phillips is a woman who knows what she wants. Her biological clock is ticking, and she is desperate to have a baby. So she finds a man who sounds perfect to be the father of her baby, thru an online dating site. But before she can discover his identity, she starts her new job as principal in a small town called Sweet Water, having to work with a man who is borderline OCD, and exactly the opposite of her.
Can a man who is obsessed with cleaning and too organized for his own good, and a noisy, messy woman who likes to drink and hang out with the guys, look past each others differences to find what's hidden beneath the surface before they lose everything they'd really been looking for all along?
#9
Loving John
2016
Librarian's Note: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B01C4F6HSM
Bad Boys of Sweetwater: Tarnished Saints Series, Book 9
Sons of a preacher, but far from saints, these men are nothing but trouble! (This is a 12 book series but each book can be read as a stand alone without prior knowledge to other books in the series.)
John Taylor is a musher who leaves Alaska and moves back to Sweet Water after having an accident with his dog sled while training for the Iditarod. With his ankle in a cast and a very heavy heart, he regrets a bad decision and comes home with the dogs that have survived. He's decided to give up his passion of racing, but his dreams can never be forgotten. He meets the town's new doctor and her son, and he's faced with more difficult decisions.
Adelaide (Addey) Blickensderfer is a doctor and divorcee who tries to open an office and start over in a new town when her teenage son gets expelled from school. But the people in the little town of Sweet Water, Michigan, are gossipy and she's shunned because of her son's past. But then she meets John Taylor, a musher who takes her son under his wing and teaches him to work with the sled dogs as part of the boy's community service.
Can a man with the call of the wild in his heart put down roots when all he wants to do is run?
#10
Playing Nate
2016
★ Can he rock her world even though this is a May/December romance? ★
Nate Taylor is a musician who owns a Bar and Grill that is in disrepair. In need of money to fix up his place before he loses his business, he goes to his 11 brothers for help. When none of them are able to help him, he starts to worry. His rock band is his passion. Without his bar, he won't be able to make a living. He needs to find help in any way he can, and fast. Plus, he needs to marry soon or he will have to forfeit his inheritance which he needs now more than ever.
Isabella Goldstone is a divorcee who moves to the little town of Sweetwater, Michigan to open a flower shop with her widowed, pregnant daughter. She comes from money, and longs to start a new life. Her passion has always been to be a singer. So, when she hears that one of the Taylor Twelve is in need of money, she sees an opportunity to get what she wants. This will be her chance to have a place of her own where she can sing for the customers. It is a crazy idea but she offers to help Nate who is ten years younger in age. She is a business woman and needs to make sure her interest is secure. So, she proposes a marriage of convenience to Nate, never expecting to fall in love.
Can two people with ten years between them continue a farce of a marriage, sticking to a divorce after a year? It's what they both want and agree to, or is it? Will they actually find love and passion between them despite their age difference, bringing about a love that was never meant to be?
Sons of a preacher but far from saints. These men are nothing but trouble.
#11
Igniting Andrew
2016
RONE Awards Finalist
The fires of passion burn hot, but this firefighter doesn't want to extinguish the flames.
Andrew Taylor is used to putting out fires, but is not used to the sparks igniting between him and the widow Christina Goldstone. He's delivered her baby just weeks ago in an emergency situation. In gratitude, she's named the baby after him. Andrew likes the cute little tyke, and especially the baby's mother. However, he isn't ready to settle down and be an instant father, even if it means giving up his inheritance if he stays single. If he were to marry Christina, his younger brother Nate who just married the girl's mother would be his father-in-law!
Christina is a young widow with a baby and a flower shop to run. She's moved to Sweetwater to start a new life, but no one told her it was going to be so challenging. As she tries to juggle the responsibilities, she can't keep her eyes off the handsome firefighter across the town square. Andrew is great with the baby, but when it comes to her it is a different story. He's sworn to bachelorhood, but at the same time can't stop telling her how to raise her baby.
Can a woman who is trying to plan her future, ignite the flames of passion in a man who only wants to live for the day and focus on his job? And will a burning desire between them eventually be so hot that not even the most skilled of firefighters would dare try to put out the flames?
Sons of a preacher but far from saints. These men are nothing but trouble.
#12
Taming Thad
2016
♥ She's lost her sight, but is he the one who is blind as to what they share between them? ♥
Thad Taylor is the youngest of the 12 Taylor brothers and also the only one who is still single. If he doesn't want to lose his inheritance he'll have to marry fast.
In a desperate moment, he makes a promise to a dying man to marry the man's daughter. Thad agrees, since he knows Zoe Fenton and has dated her in high school, even though he hasn't seen her in years. When Zoe arrives in Sweetwater it is evident that her father left out a vital piece of information that Thad wished he would have known.
Zoe Fenton has been blinded in a car accident years ago. When she steps off the train in Sweetwater with her caretaker to meet with her father, everything changes. The caretaker drops dead and Zoe is approached by her ex-boyfriend Thad Taylor asking to marry her.
Thad means well, but is overcompensating for her lack of sight, inventing one thing after another to help her, but only making her feel frustrated and worthless. How can she make him see that she is still an independent woman?
Can two lovers from the past move into the future with challenges that are only turning them against each other? Before it's too late, can they see with their hearts instead of their eyes that they were meant to be together?
(This book also contains an epilogue, telling about each of the Taylor brothers and their families years later.)
Sons of a preacher but far from saints. These men are nothing but trouble.
#13
Trucker Daddy
2021
Trucker by trade. Daddy by inheritance.
The Cal Reeves spends most of his time on the road and is used to being a loner. With only his dog, Burrito at his side, he drives cross-country for his job. His sister’s death brings him back to his hometown of Michigan and his past friends, the Bad Boys of Sweetwater. It is here that he discovers written in his sister’s will, he’s been named as guardian of her baby, Magnolia. He’s no daddy, and totally at a loss with what to do with a baby!
With a shipment to deliver, he has no choice but to bring little Maggie with him as he makes his way back to Texas. However, Cal can’t stop the baby from crying and needs help. At Maggie’s daycare, he hires one of the workers as a nanny to ride along with him and take care of the child. He doesn’t even recognize Tuesday (Twiggy) Twaggard, a girl he’s briefly dated in high school that used to be as skinny as a rail. Twiggy was a nice girl and didn’t deserve what he did to her. Now he’s about to bring old memories back to life and is not sure it will go well at all when he decides to come clean with his past actions.
The Tuesday Twaggard has been infatuated with her late friend’s brother, Cal Reeves ever since high school. She went on one date with him, later finding out it was done on his part only because of a bet. It was the worse night of her life to find out she was the brunt of a joke.
Now Cal is back in town and has just hired her as a ride-along nanny without even realizing her identity. She goes with him for the baby’s sake, but part of her wants him to pay for what he did so many years ago. If only he wasn’t even more handsome than ever, maybe this wouldn’t be so hard.
A man, a woman, a baby, and a dog start off on a trip that turns into something more than a one-time job. Will the close quarters drive them crazy or bring them together? Can bygones be forgiven and forgotten, and will they both be reminded how precious love and life really are when a harrowing event threatens to take it all away?
Guest appearances by some of the Bad Boys of Sweetwater.
#13.5
CEO Scrooge
2021
He never mixes business with pleasure, but that is all about to change.
The Max Sutherland doesn’t care about Christmas or birthdays, or even his sexy coworker since he doesn’t want to be distracted from his job. When he asks his assistant, Samantha Forester to book a trip for them to a tropical Island to check on his latest eco-friendly villa construction project, he doesn’t plan to still be there for Christmas. Neither does he expect anything but business to happen on this ‘Fantasy Island’ sort of place.
The Samantha Forester has known and been infatuated with her boss for years and decides it is time for him to notice her too. While booking a trip to check on his latest project, she takes advantage of the romantic relationship-based island by secretly booking ‘fantasies’ for both of them while they are there. What she never expected was to see some of those Bad Boys of Sweetwater working on the island, including their crazy Aunt Cappy and her new husband.
Can a Christmas Scrooge with ice in his heart ignore his hidden feelings for his sexy coworker, remembering his rule never to date someone he works with, since it’s only brought him heartache in the past? Samantha is doing her best to thaw Max’s heart and warm his soul. Spending Christmas together on a fantasy island is a temptation that even he might not be able to resist. When strange dreams haunt Max just before Christmas, those ghostly images of people from Sweetwater make him face his past, present, and future all at once. This is one Christmas he will never forget.
This book was first seen as Hired Heart, part of the multi-author Indulgences Series.
Guest appearances by some of the characters of the Bad Boys of Sweetwater.
Author
Elizabeth Rose
Author · 115 books
Elizabeth Rose is the author of medieval, paranormal, fantasy and contemporary novels. While based on romance, her novels have complex plots, action and suspense. She loves writing bad boy tortured heroes and empowered feisty heroines. Her books have won rave reviews, and been seen on The History Channel as well as Wild Chicago. Elizabeth's books have won and been finalists in many contests. Here is a partial list: Highland Spirit - Highland Chronicles WINNER of the Raven Award. Bedeviled - Portals of Destiny, WINNER Creme de la Cover Contest Beguiled - Portals of Destiny, WINNER - Creme de la Cover Contest RONE Award finalists include: Doubting Thomas - Bad Boys of Sweetwater Highland Steel - Highland Chronicles Tristan - Pirate Lords Igniting Andrew - Bad Boys of Sweetwater Highland Secrets - Secrets of the Heart Seductive Secrets - Secrets of the Heart Forgotten Secrets - all Secrets of the Heart Summer's Reign - Seasons of Fortitude Kindle Book Review Awards finalist and semi-finalist: Highland Secrets Forgotten Secrets International Digital Award finalist: Highland Spring - Seasons of Fortitude Golden Palm Finalist: Mary, Mary - Once Upon a Rhyme Raven Awards Best Cover finalist: May Queen - Holiday Knights Raven Awards Runner-Up: Lady and the Wolf - Tangled Tales Books and Benches Reviewer's Choice: Restless Sea Lord - Legendary Bastards of the Crown Sapphire Award Finalist: Kyros' Secret - Greek Myth Fantasy Series Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice: Thief of Olympus - Greek Myth Fantasy Series Seen on the History Channel: The Oracle of Delphi - Greek Myth Fantasy Series And More! Elizabeth is known for her many series which include: Below the Salt Series Highland Outcasts Portals of Destiny Legacy of the Blade Daughters of the Dagger Elemental Magick Series Bad Boys of Sweetwater: Tarnished Saints Series Greek Myth Fantasy Series MadMan MacKeefe Series Legendary Bastards of the Crown Seasons of Fortitude Secrets of the Heart Second in Command Pirate Lords Highland Chronicles Barons of the Cinque Ports Tangled Tales Once Upon a Rhyme Holiday Knights Dark Encounters Cowboys of the Old West Working Man Series, and more! Someday Elizabeth hopes to visit the castles of Scotland and England personally. However, she has been to the jungles of Peru and Machu Picchu which inspired her novels, Curse of the Condor and Bistro Bachelor. Visit her website to view her latest books and to read excerpts of her work. http://elizabethrosenovels.com.
